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Who Does Council Serve? – Part 2: Eliminating Big Money Influence
“Rotten to the Core”Our system of paying for political campaigns is “rotten to the core”, says Bob Phillips of Common Cause NC, a leading clean government watchdog. In a recent Indyweek article, Phillips said “We need a better way …...
Who Does Council Serve? Part 1: Follow the Money.
72% of Raleigh voters say city government is too beholden to developers. City Council has tried to hide the corrupting influence of big money in a growing list of backroom decisions, but three out of four Raleigh voters see it and feel it every day – as rapid growth drives up their cost of living, drives down their quality of life and drives modest income families out of town.
Raleigh’s Redline Revival
Raleigh has revived our nation’s now despised legacy of explicitly race-biased policies aimed at destroying Black neighborhoods.
Adding density does not ease escalating housing costs, but does just the opposite, by driving up land values
The widening gap between housing costs and most incomes is caused by escalating land prices, not construction costs or zoning rules.